EP 0470207 A4 19920520 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING THE FLOW OF FLUID IN A VERTICAL STEAM GENERATOR
Title (en)
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGANIZING THE FLOW OF FLUID IN A VERTICAL STEAM GENERATOR
Publication
Application
Priority
- US 9002215 W 19900424
- US 34300189 A 19890425
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9012983A1] Apparatus and method for preventing formation of stagnate volumes and sludge deposition sites (40) in lower central regions of steam generating fluid contained in vertical-tube heat exchangers of steam generators. Fluid in the generator is injected into the heat exchanger by diametrically-opposed flow vanes (20) directing fluid in opposite directions (30) near the central region of a tube sheet (2) at the lower end of the heat exchanger. The fluid is injected adjacent and parallel (30) to the tube sheet surface to induce initial rotational flow (32) in the fluid, thus introducing horizontal, outwardly directed radial flow components into the vertically flowing fluid in the generator. The flow vanes (20) induce a system of vertical, radial and rotational flow components into the fluid; which system causes the fluid to separate portions of dissolved or suspended sludge. Such precipitated sludge is directed to collection sites (42) near the periphery of the tube sheet where it is expelled from the generator.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
F22B 1/02 (2006.01); F22B 37/54 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
F22B 1/025 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0126801 A2 19841205 - STATE IND INC [US]
- [A] DE 2217575 B1 19730927
- See references of WO 9012983A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB IT LI LU NL SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9012983 A1 19901101; AT E113706 T1 19941115; DE 69013906 D1 19941208; DE 69013906 T2 19950622; EP 0470207 A1 19920212; EP 0470207 A4 19920520; EP 0470207 B1 19941102; HU 210096 B 19950228; HU 905153 D0 19920228; HU T62077 A 19930329; JP H04506561 A 19921112; US 4972804 A 19901127
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9002215 W 19900424; AT 90908896 T 19900424; DE 69013906 T 19900424; EP 90908896 A 19900424; HU 515390 A 19900424; JP 50847090 A 19900424; US 34300189 A 19890425